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re: To go with diesel or stay with gas…

Posted on 6/26/22 at 6:46 pm to
Posted by johnnyrocket
Ghetto once known as Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 6/26/22 at 6:46 pm to
They make all different type of trucks for a reason.
Some benefit more from a gas truck while others benefit more from a diesel truck.

They go regen sometimes if you do not run them enough.

Here a good description of a regen.

A forced regen occurs when soot builds up inside the diesel particulate filter (DPF) to the point that the vehicle is no longer operable. When this happens, a driver has to pull over and initiate a self-cleaning process that can take up to 40 minutes — valuable time that could have been spent on the road.
This post was edited on 6/26/22 at 6:48 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 6/26/22 at 7:32 pm to
quote:

They go regen sometimes if you do not run them enough.

Here a good description of a regen.


That's a description for a stationary regen, which should never happen on a pickup truck. You're idling WAYYYYYY too much or taking nothing but extremely short trips.

Normal Regens are largely transparent to the driver, and it will passively regen under the right conditions.

I.e. pulling my boat home today, I could watch the DPF load go backwards. Right combination of load and speed to burn off more soot than I was putting in.
Posted by BorrisMart
La
Member since Jul 2020
8847 posts
Posted on 6/27/22 at 7:54 pm to
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They make all different type of trucks for a reason.
Some benefit more from a gas truck while others benefit more from a diesel truck.

They go regen sometimes if you do not run them enough.

Here a good description of a regen.

A forced regen occurs when soot builds up inside the diesel particulate filter (DPF) to the point that the vehicle is no longer operable. When this happens, a driver has to pull over and initiate a self-cleaning process that can take up to 40 minutes — valuable time that could have been spent on the road.


Thanks for the input. I should probably just wait until if/when I actually NEED a diesel and don't merely WANT one. I only wonder with the way things are going if there will be as many diesels (hell or v8 gassers) available for sale new in the next 20 years with all of the crazies.
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